traumatic
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She suffered a traumatic brain injury and a broken elbow and needed three blood transfusions and skin grafts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Price said many survivors had given up pursuing compensation because the process had been too traumatic.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I am no stranger to loss, but this is so incredibly tough, and my heart also goes out to all of the associates and customers who were there during this traumatic event.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
"It's been very traumatic for us as a family," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Despite a traumatic childhood and a mother who wanted him to become a farmer, Newton enrolled in Cambridge in the 1660s—and flourished.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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